I'm relatively new round here so I appreciate my words won't carry much weight but I thought I'd add my tuppence worth.
-Joke Cartoon of Neil Lennon on hangman appears on Popular Rangers fan site Follow Follow. BBC Report it as a “death threat” on Radio and on the BBC Website. The hosts of Follow Follow (footymad) close down the message board
Is the issue that it was a cartoon? If it had been a realistic photoshop would that have been OK? In the end, whether we like it or not, Lennon (who is a cant) received death threats from an organisation who had some previous in the killing of people from Lurgan. Let's just say it was ill advised.
-Complete Ignorance of Pearson & Hartson “videogate” scandal
This has nothing to do with Rangers.
-Tam Cowan & Stuart Cosgrove continually using the H Word to describe the Rangers support, until it was officially declared sectarian by NbM
Since then they don't use it though do they, so what's to complain about now?
-Upon the signing of Kevin Thompson, the report of the signing on the BBC Website carries a picture, which has been renamed by someone at the BBC to include the word “C*nt”
Right, someone needed to have a word with whoever did it, but you know, c'mon, it was a joke. How do we know it wasn't a Hibs fan? If the shoe was on the other foot could you really say you wouldn't find it funny?
-Richard Gordon, during his show covering the Transfer Window in 2005, used a racist comment to describe former Rangers player Filip Sebo, joking that he had been “sold to Edinburgh Zoo”
This has been covered elsewhere, we really have a sense of humour bypass here.
-Weathergirl Kirsty McCabe calls Ibrox “Castle Greyskull”
You are joking aren't you, a weather girl, and this is offensive how?
-BBC Scotland ignore number of emails concerned at the lack of reporting of sectarian behaviour by the Celtic Support
Can you expand on this?
-BBC Scotland schedule specific programme on BBC Radio Scotland about the Famine Song
Well it was a talking point, and an opportunity to set the record straight no?
-BBC Scotland Sportscene Programme’s ignorance of Rangers tributes to Scottish Soldiers previous to Poppy Day, while ignoring Celtic Supporters minutes applause, and walk out the following week.
I'm not sure what you expected from Sportscene here, can you expand?
-When leading on any “sectarianism” news item, using images of Rangers supporters.
Yeah ,that is annoying I agree.
-Photo of Nell McAndrew in Rangers kit entitled “HunC*nt1”
See Kevin Thomson.
-Spreading the Lie that Artur Boruc was cautioned for blessing himself, across the BBC Network
Poor reporting, poor editorial control. Definitely worth raising.
-Allowing Cardinal PAP to demonise the Protestant Community by claiming there are those who go out to “Punch a Pape”, and put his own spin on sectarian crime figures, which were wholly inaccurate
Again nothing to do with Rangers, thin ice on this.
-Biased Commentary by David Begg commenting on “Derry’s Walls” being sectarian, but no comment on songs from the Celtic Support
Biased commentary from David Begg. I'd complain about that on its own frankly.
-The disappointment in Kheredine Idessane's voice when he announced that Rangers had been found 'not guilty' by UEFA.
Good luck with this one!!
-The victimisation of Alex Rae following his 50-50 tackle in a Rangers European tie against CSKA Moscow, and submitting footage of the tackle to UEFA.
You know it wasn't a great tackle, but I was surprised that it was highlighted too.
-The failure to report on sectarianism within the Scottish Labour Party, and various land deals involving 2014, and associates of the Labour Party
Nothing to do with Rangers.
- Use of the headline "Rangers in Union Flag row" regarding the Blue Order organised flag display at Ibrox, with a one sided piece on it on Reporting Scotland
No idea what this is about, sorry.
- On the last news report before a cup final involving Rangers and Motherwell, leading on a story about Celtic loan player Craig Bellamy possibly staying at the club
Is this really something to complain about?
- Using James Grady to comment on an incident against himself by Lorenzo Amuruso in a Scottish Cup Final with no right of reply for Amoruso
How do you know he wasn't offered a right of reply?
-Roddy Forsyth stating to Gordon Brewer on Newsnight Scotland, that Hearts had a worse problem with sectarianism than Celtic.
Nothing to do with Rangers.
-The Acceptance of Sanjeev Kholi as a football pundit, based upon his only claim to fame in being a “football fan” was to accuse the Rangers support of racism against Mark Walters, when Walters had faced the worst display of Racism ever witnessed in Scottish Football by the Celtic Support at Celtic Park
Well he's as big a football pundit as any of those jokers from the 'comedy unit' who are regularly invited to give their thoughts. The issue here is one of qualification for the job, he seems as qualified as any one of us.
-Sending 88 Staff from the BBC to Seville at licence payers expense, with only a handful present in Manchester
Apart from my surprise at your apparent inside knowledge on this you do massively overlook the fact the BBC have a huge complex in Manchester.
-The despatch of a film crew to Benidorm to report on a Celtic Fans convention that ended in fiasco – and reported it as a success. They have never been present at any Rangers fan convention
Again, this has nothing to do with Rangers.
-BBC Scotland Commentary of Celtic in Seville from Rob McLean “only the most blinkered Scots won't be hoping for a Celtic victory”. This, in a stadium littered with Irish Flags and no Saltires.
Someone else has pointed out that this is hardly bias, has nothing to do with Rangers and that I was also surprised at how many Saltires there were actually.
Nov 2006 – Just prior to live coverage of an Old Firm game, broadcasting a programme on BBC Radio Scotland about the football song “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. The last 15 minutes was a tribute to how it is sung at Celtic by two “Celtic fans”, who both happened to be BBC Producers.
I'm unsure what the point of this is though, you didn't like the programme, fair enough, an example of bias, hardly?
-Making the Producers of Blue Peter apologise for using the RHOU in a piece, owing to complaints from a Strathclyde University lecturer who is a member of “Friends of Ireland”
This had nothing to do with BBC Scotland though and if memory serves the presenter explained herself and BBC Ulster put the complainer right also.
-Ignorance of Neil Lennon’s DOB rant at the Rangers support & Dugout
But the problem with this is the difficulty in accusing him of this publicly. He has never been charged with it far less found guilty, and has never commented on it himself. Raising this on a national station could leave the BBC open to massive litigation.
-The refusal to publish or broadcast any facts on the “bannergate” scandal, where a convicted IRA terrorist painted a banner for the “Jungle Bhoys” supporters group partly funded by Celtic Football Club
What do you expect done here? Apart from it having nothing to do with us, the guy served his time and now does this for a living. I mean ex loyalist and republican muderers work together on 'mural tours' in Belfast now.
-Following Rangers being the first club in Scotland to qualify for the last 16 of the CL, the following morning’s Scottish BBC news neglected to mention the result at all
You know, really was it 'news', sports news yes, but news news?
-BBC Reporting of Irish Government intervention from information provided by Phil McGillivan on “the famine song”
I agree this got incredible coverage, far out of kilter than it deserved. Political games were being played of that I'm sure and we found ourselves in the middle of them. The BBC should indeed explain themselves on this.
For what it's worth the BBC are the easiest organisation to affect change in. Their complaints log is genuinely read and actioned everyday, there are channels that are available for people to follow-up complaints, it can be taken to the very top if it has validity. BUT, looking at life through the prism of being a Rangers fan doesn't make us unbiased either, you know.
